Ex-libris connects a personal mark of ownership with a design for silk. Hermès identifies Hugo Grygkar as the author of the carré and dates its composition to 1946. Its account traces the central bookplate to Émile-Maurice Hermès, who in 1923 selected an Alfred de Dreux drawing from his collection and combined it with his initials. This documented relationship is more precise than treating the scarf simply as a generic carriage scene. The brand’s statement establishes a reported composition date; it does not, by itself, distinguish design completion from first retail issue.[1]
A separate Kinghams catalogue describes a black-and-white silk example with four carriages, measuring 90 × 90 cm, offered in November 2022. That record concerns one object, whereas the opened Hermès page concerns a later triangle adaptation: reference H363791S 08, in 70% cashmere and 30% silk, with stated dimensions of 208 × 99 cm. The triangle’s material, reference and measurements are not transferred to the original square or to the exported variants. Together these sources support a concise account of the design’s origin and later use, but not a complete reissue chronology.[1][2]
Sources and limits
2 recorded evidence origins. Distinct publishers do not establish independent historical corroboration.
- Hermès object record · HermèsConsulted 2026-10-27 · openedProduct description lines 31–39; Les secrets d’un objet lines 71–73 · brand attribution design history and current product
- Kinghams Auctioneers object record · Kinghams AuctioneersConsulted 2026-10-27 · openedLot 328, 18 November 2022; description lines 27 and 36–38 · publisher object description only not design history
The design identity and correspondence of individual versions remain unconfirmed. Separate publishers do not demonstrate independent historical dating.